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Feb, 5 1924.

P. I. M GILLICUDDY CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Sept; 30, 1922 Patented Feb.5, 1924.

PATRIGK J. MGGILLICUDDY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed September 30, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, PATRICK J. MOGILLI- CUDDY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CigaretteHolders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to pro vide a dainty and efficientcigarette holder of the type wherein the cigarette is held intermediateits ends by clamp-like members.

The various features of novelty will appear from the detaileddescription thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved cigarette holder showing its applica tion' Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the holder, and

Fig. 3 is a view of the various elements in disassembled relation.

In the drawings a indicates a tubular sup port preferably somewhatflattened. At the top of this support is a standard in the form ofbifurcations 5 between which is mounted a lever c, the pivot thereofbeing indicated at (Z. This lever is curved at one side of its pivot asshown to form one half of the cigarette holding device.

eindicates astem which is slidably disposed within the tubular support.This stern has a slot 7' through which is passed 'a pin 9 8X- tendingthrough the side walls of the said support. This pin and slotarrangement serves to prevent undesirable movement of one end of thestem. The upper end of this stem is curved similarly to the lever 0. Atthe root of this curvature in a pin i which works in a slot in the endof lever c. This pin and slot connection between lever c and stem 6permits the lever to be rocked on its pivot as the stem is movedlongitudinally in the tubular support.

j indicates a cap or push button which is threaded onto the lower end ofthe stem e and is indicates a spring which is disposed between the pushbutton and the lower end of the tube a. This spring tends to forceSerial No. 591,605.

the push button j away from the adjacent end of the tube and hence todraw the stem 0 in a direction to maintain the curved terminal ends oflever 0 and stem e in abutting relation, or in other words, in relationto firmly hold a ci arette s shown in Fig. l.

T he spring 7: at the lower end of the support a. is preferably housedwithin a tubular member a which may be of any desired exteriorconfiguration and which may be attached to the lower end of the tubularsupport a in any preferred manner as being threaded onto the extension122. In the present instance, this member n is shown as havingornamental wings. If desired, the lower end of the tube a may bereinforced by sleeve g as shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. hen it isdesired to place a cigarette within the holder, it is merely necessaryto press upwardly on the stem e. This operation causes the curvedgripping jaws to spring apart as shown in Fig. 2. Upon release of thepush button, the jaws will tend to close about the cigarette placedtherebetween, as shown in Fig. 1.

The above described holder is simple in construction, eflicient in use,and cheaply manufactured, and furthermore, is in such compact form thatit can easily be carried in the purse of pocket.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, a tubular support, a curved lever pivoted at one endof said support, a stern slid-ably mounted in said support and having acurved end corresponding to that of the lever, a pivotal and slid ableconnection between said lever and stem, and a push button on the otherend of the stem, movement of the stem causing pivotal movement of thelever.

2. In combination, a tubular support, a stem extending through saidsupport, a push button on one end of said stem, a lever pivoted on saidsupport, said lever and stem having curved terminals whereby to hold around body between them, and a pivotal and slidable connection betweensaid stem and lever.

3. In combination, a tubular support, a

spring tending to bring the curved ends of said stem and lever towardeach other;

4;. In combination, a tubular support, a bifurcation at one end of saidsupport, a 5 lever pivoted between said furcations, a stem slidable insaid support, a pin-and-slot c0nnection between the lever and stem, theadjacent ends of the leverand stem being dished to form a circularclamp, and a spring tending to swing said lever 'on its 10 pivot.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PATRICK J. VMOGILLICUDDY.

